Confucius Quotes

If a man be without the virtues proper to humanity, what has he to do with the rites of propriety? If a man be without the virtues proper to humanity, what has he to do with music?

If you expect great things of yourself and demand little of others, you’ll keep resentment far away.

Lord Chi Wen thought three times before taking any action. When the Master heard this, he said: Twice is plenty enough.

There is nothing more visible than what is secret, and nothing more manifest than what is minute. Therefore the superior man is watchful over himself, when he is alone.

Behind every smile there's teeth.

Don’t complain about the snow on your neighbor’s roof when your own doorstep is unclean.

¿Son las virtudes algo lejano? En cuanto quiero ser virtuoso, inmediatamente estoy alcanzando la virtud

Kebodohan bukanlah tidak tahu apa-apa, tetapi tidak mau belajar apa-apa.

It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.
Confucius
This is a major problem in America, where greed, power, and money are the highest value. This creates a paranoia atmosphere.I mention this all the time, but first time I have ever seen it.

"Student - "It is not that I do not delight in your Way, Master, it is simply that my strength is insufficient."

Confucius - "Someone whose strength is genuinely insufficient collapses somewhere along the Way. As for you, you deliberately draw the line.

Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.

Do everything in moderation, even moderation.

To know what is first and what is last will lead near to what is taught in the Great Learning.

A conversa impregnada de vaidade e o pretensiosismo são raramente compatíveis com a virtude.

How great is the path proper to the Sage! Like overflowing water, it sends forth and nourishes all things, and rises up to the height of heaven. All-complete is its greatness! It embraces the three hundred rules of ceremony, and the three thousand rules of demeanor. It waits for the proper man, and then it is trodden. Hence it is said, "Only by perfect virtue can the perfect path, in all its courses, be made a fact."